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Re: How's that potent passing offense doing?

I just want to bump this excellent post, as it appears to be a huge part of the equation that people are ignoring. The quality of the defense you play kinda has SOME impact on the success of your offense, I would think.

Re: How's that potent passing offense doing?

Originally Posted by Kevlar

But KC and Dallas have pretty crappy defenses.

Dallas is a top 5 defense (and #3 vs the pass) and KC is right in the middle. Neither are crappy.

NE on the other hand...

Although Walsh's system of offense can compensate for lack of talent; however, defense is a different story. According to Walsh, talent on defense was essential and could not be compensated for. What did Walsh do in 1981? He acquired physical and talented players on defense.

Re: How's that potent passing offense doing?

By what metric? KC is giving up the 3rd most points in the league, and Dallas is in the mid teens.

Or are you going by the metric where the 2000 ravens defense was only the second best in the league that season?

I'm using the same metric the NFL uses.

The same metric that had fans going apeshit about the defense before the Texans game because before that game, we were doing well in points defensively.

Dallas defense is a good defense and all defenses would give up a ton of points if their offense turned the ball over at the historic rate that KC's offense is.

Although Walsh's system of offense can compensate for lack of talent; however, defense is a different story. According to Walsh, talent on defense was essential and could not be compensated for. What did Walsh do in 1981? He acquired physical and talented players on defense.

Re: How's that potent passing offense doing?

I think you need to take into consideration more than just the numbers especially with such a small sample size to work with--only 3 road games.

What I notice is that when you look at who we played at home and who on the road so far, a pattern emerges.

Home Games: against Bengals, Patriots, Browns & Cowboys (all played zone or mostly zone, yes even the Cowboys**)
Away Games: against Eagles, Chiefs & Texans (all played man to man, Eagles made switch in 2nd half and we saw the drastic difference it made)

Seems to me our success at home and struggles on the road have less to do with where we play and more to do with what defensive scheme we face.

No disagreement with the small sample size bit. However, it's football, so small sample sizes just go with the territory. I think it's worth considering, because it's so far out of whack with the way the rest of the league plays away from home, and so far out of whack with how the Ravens performed last year with mostly the same personnel.

Who knows, maybe the Ravens go put up 35 on the next two road games, and my concerns are for naught...

Edit: While I can't argue your bit about defensive schemes, I'd argue that it's kind of irrelevant. Bottom line is, the Ravens offense is paid to put up points irrespective of how the defense across from them lines up. If there are ways in which an opposing defense can play that completely nullify the ability of the offense to do anything positive... well, we don't have a very good offense then, yeah?

Re: How's that potent passing offense doing?

Originally Posted by Kevlar

So the Ravens weren't the best NFL defense in 2000. Got it.

Get a grip buddy...

Although Walsh's system of offense can compensate for lack of talent; however, defense is a different story. According to Walsh, talent on defense was essential and could not be compensated for. What did Walsh do in 1981? He acquired physical and talented players on defense.